So, I went out this afternoon to catch some of the last rays of sun, hoop a bit and, well, enjoy the expanse of a big open field near my home in Maryland.
As I finished up and started walking across the field and back home, suddenly the ground underneath me felt different. Kinda squishy.
I looked down and saw lots of mini mud piles. At first I thought it was from ants and that I was atop a large anthill below. But then I saw more and more and more of these little hills and thought, “No way; this is too massive for an ant hill.”
Then I though, “maybe worms,” but I’ve never known worms to make such piles like this.
Then I thought beetles having transformed from grubs into ready to crawl, fly, do-whatever beetles might be at cause.
Or it might be little tiny cicadas. (The holes are about a third the size of the regular cicada chimneys.)
There were many, many hundreds of them … concentrated in one area. It was distinct: a here, but not-there kind of situation.
Anyone know the cause? What bug got the sign between yesterday and today that it was time to emerge.?
